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CHECK PRINTING AND ADDING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 31, 1886.

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CHECK PRINTING AND ADDING MACHINE. No. 348,496. Patented Aug. 31, 1886.

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7UNITED STATES PATENT Fries5 VILLIAM KOCH AND CHARLES KRUSE, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO THE KRUSE CHECK PLACE.

AND ADDING MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME CHECK PRINTING AND ADDlNG MACl-HNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,496, dated .August 3l, 1886.

Serial No. 123 (No model.)

To al? whom, it may concern:

' Be it known that we, XVILLIAM Koen and CuAnLEs Knusn, both of the city,county,ainl State of New York, have invented new and 5 useful Improvements in Check Printing and Adding Machines g and we (lo hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters f reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to machines for printing and issuing checks of any required denomination, indicating the value of each as issued, adding the same, and finally indicatingthe sum thereof.

lt has for its object a more perfect and convenient mode ot' operating the machine and of registering the sum of the checks.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation ot' the machine removed from its casing, illustrating the levers for setting thc type-wheels; Fig. 2, a top view thereof; Fig. il, an end view ot' the machine, illustrating the type-wheels and adding-wheels Fig. 4,21 transverse section inline a' a" of,Fig.l,look ingtowardtheaddingmechanism,andillustrating the devices l'or adding the same; Fig. 5, a section in lincg/ 1/ oi`I `ig.i-,giving an end view ot' the printing and adding mechanism 5 Fig. (S, a partially detached View, in vertical section, of one of the standards and indicating-plates with one ot' the levers oscillating in front of the same, illustrating the engagement of the spring-actuated stop-pin on the lever with the serrated l'aec ot' the indicating-plate; and Fig. La transverse section ot' the guideway for the paper detached.

The machinc,as illustrated, is represented as having a separate lever and typewheel for cents, tens of cents, dollars, and tens of dollars, so that it may be used for producing checks of all denominations from one up to ninety-nine hundred.

A A A2 A3, Fig. l, are oscillating levers pivoted on opposite sides ot' two standards, C C, erected upon the bed-plate B, and which carry at their upper ends curved indicatingplates C2 C, along the edges of which the upper longer ends ofthe levers play in their vibration. The lower shorter end of each lever terminates in a toothed segment, A5, which engages one end of a sliding rack-bar, D,mov ing longitudinally on the bed-plate under the lever and in line with the plane in which it vibratcs. The opposite end of each rack-bar D engages a toothed semicircular segment, E, (see Fig. 5,) pivoted to oseillate between suitable supportsabovethebed-plate B,and which carries a segmental cam, E, formed upon its 50 upper edge. Each ofthe toothed segments IG enga-ges a pinion upon the axis of one ofa series ot' type-wheels, F F I2 F, mounted torevolve independently of each other upon a common axis at right angles to the rack -bars. The type representing the numerals 0 to 9 are mounted radially on each wheel at equal intervals, and the reciprocating movement ol" the lever A or A, the., pertaining to the particular type-wheel F or F, Src., operates by means ottheintermediate gearing to rotate said wheel back and forth, and thereby bring either of the numerals in a vertical position under the axis in readiness to produce an impression, the proper position of the lever required to bring any one ot the types into this position being indicated by a corresponding number upon the indicating-plate C at the side of the lever, (see Figs. 2 and 3;) hence -by bringing either of the levers A A AL' Ai into position so opposite either ol' the numbers on its indicating-plate the corresponding number on the type-wheel actuated thereby is brought -into line for print.

To facilitate bringing each lever A A, &c., into line with any desired number on the indicatingplate and there detaining it, a serrated or corrugated strip, C, is secured under the indicating-plate in a plane parallel. with the line of movement of the lever, and a pin, G, (see dotted lines, Fig. l, and see also Fig.

6,) is fitted to play transversely through the lever and bear against the strip, its contact and engagement with the strip being :maintained by means of a flat spring, G2, on the outer face of the lever. rlhe upper arm of each lever is coupled by a link, H, with an arm, H', projecting from a rod or shaft, H2, mounted to rock in bearings parallel with the base-plate, and whose outer end is armed with 10o a wiper, H3, adapted to engage a frictionwheel upon the lower end of a vertical rod or bar, J, mounted to rest thereon and play longitudinally in suitable bearings at the rear of the machine. (See Figs. l and 2.) rlhe face of each rod J is numbered to correspond with the numbers on the plate C2 to which the levers A A', 85e., are set, and the rods are covered by a casing, K, Fig. 1, having a transverse slot therein through which'one of the numerals on each bar may be seen, and which is so arranged with reference to said numerals as that when the lever actuating the bar is set opposite any given number on its indicatingplate C2 the corresponding numeral on each bar will appear at thc opening.

The printing andadding mechanism is actuated by a lever, L, pivoted upon the upper end of a standard, L', (see Figs. 3 and 5,) and whose shorter arm is pivoted to a vertical rod, L2, which passes down through the center of a tubular standard, M, and is made to engage a spiral spring, L, encircling the standard, by means of a lateral pin, L5, which projects through a longitudinal slot in the stand` ard, and is secured to a ring, M', upon which the lower end of the spring rests. rlhe upper end of the spring bears against an offset or shoulder upon the upper end of the standard M. The pivotal journals of the lever L are made to project out beyond the bearings a a, (see Figs. l and 2,) in which they are mounted. The outer journal is fitted with a cam, b, (see Figs. 1 and 3,) adapted to bear down,as the lever L is thrown forward, upon a vertical rod, c, mounted in suitable guides at the side of the standard L', and whose lower endrests upon a horizontal lever, W, which is enlarged or bent centrally at d, (see dotted lines, Fig.

3,) to provide a pivotal support therefor upon the bed-plate B of the machine. The outer end of the lever is bent upward or fitted with a projection, c, to bear against a movable platen, f, so mounted under the type-Wheels F F' F2, &e., as to play up against the same. A spring, g, is placed under the inner end of the lever XV, and the lever is so adjusted with reference to the rod c, supported thereby, as that when the rod is forced down the platen f upon the opposite end of the lever isforced up against the type-wheels with a pressure which is made elastic by the resistance of the spring g. This pressure of the platen against the type admits of adjustment by means of a right-and -left nut, h, interposed in the length of the rod c, which is divided to permit of an expansion or contraction in its length by the operation of said nut. A strip of paper, Y, suitable for the cheeks is led from a suitable reel out between the platen f and the type-wheels, to which it is conducted along a guideway, N, Fig. 3, formed of a strip of sheet metal, whose edges are folded over to embrace and confine the edges of the paper strip. The paper is fed forward, each time the platen drops back from the types,by

means of feed-rollers O O', (see Fig. 3,) interposed in the guideway N. One of said feedrol1ers,0, is serrated to engage the paper, and is rotated intermittently by means of a loose pinion, O2, on its shaft, (see Fig. 4,) governed by a ratchet and pawl adapted to prevent its reverse movement, and which is made to rotate reciprocally by means of a vibrating toothed segment, O3, geared thereto. This segment O:i is secured upon one end of an oscillating lever pivoted to a standard, O", the outer end of the lever being coupled by a link, O5, to the outer arm of the main operating-lever L,near to its pivotal fulerum, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. As the lever L descends,

the lever L is thrown up again the reverse movement of the segment and pinion operates, by means of the engagementV of pawl upon the pinion with the rack upon the shaft of the feed-wheel O, to produce a rotation of said wheel adapted to feed the underlying strip of paper forward under the type -wheel. rlhe feed-roller O admits of being rotated by hand by means of a thumb-wheel, O5, secured upon an extension of its axis. (See Fig. 2.) The printed end of the strip of paper Y, passed out from under the type-wheel as the lever L is lifted, is severed from the strip in the customary manner by means of a knife tted to a lever, l?, which, pivoted at one end to theA frame of the machine outside of the typewheels, extends across the strip of paper at right angles thereto, (see Figs. l and 2,) and is held up by a suitable spring, P3. Embossingdies or perforating-punches (indicated by the letters P'P'in the plan view,Fig. 2) are fitted on each side of the knife, to be actuated or carried by itin the customary manner against counterpart dies l?2 (see Fig. l) on the bed of themachine, so as that when the printed cheek is severed from the blank strip the contiguous edges on each side of the line of severance are perforated or otherwise marked with a snitable device, so that each complete check shall be thus marked at each end. The types are inked at each revolution of the type-wheels by means of an inking-roller, Q', mounted to revolvein suitable bearings over the same. (See Fig. 3.

The adding mechanism consists of a series of indicating-wheels, R R' R2, the., mounted side by side, to rotate, each independent of the other,upon a common axial shaft, S, and each of which bears upon its periphery the indexnumerals from 0 to 9, and is fitted on each side with cogs t' t'. Pawls 7c k (see Figs. 3 and 5) are fitted upon a rod, k', to engage the cogs on each adding-wheel and prevent its retrograde movement. Each wheel is actuated through an interposed train of gearing by the movement of a separate vertical reciprocating bar, S, mounted in a suitable frame at the rear of the wheel. (See Fig.

5.) The bar is carried up or down by means of a friction-roller, Z, pivoted upon its face, (see Fig. 5,) and which engages an inclined slot, T, cut in a plate, T', Fig. l, fitted to slide back and forth in suitable ways at right angles to the bar, the reciprocating movement of the plate being produced by means ot' an arm, T, projecting from the inner journal of the lever L, which actuates the printing mechanism, the slide-plate and arm being coupled by a pivoted connecting-link, T. (See Fig. 4.)

The train of gearing by which the downward movement of the vertical reciprocating bar S is made to rotate the adding-wheel lt consists of a spur-wheel, S, engaged by a spring-actuated pawl, m, on the bar. (See Fig. 5.) This wheel meshes into a pinion upon the arbor of a cog-wheel, S2, which in turn meshes directly with the cogs of a pinion, S, formed upon or secured to the addingwheel lt. (See Fig. 5.) The spring-actuated pawl m is, however, controlled by means of a vertical reciprocating rod, U, (see Fig. 5,) placed parallel with the bar S, and whose lower end is fitted with a friction-rollerto rest upon a cam, ll, upon the segment gear-wheel E, which sets the type-wheel F. lts cont-act with the cam is insured by means of a spring, r, bearing upon its upper end. This governing-rod U is provided with an offset, a, which, bearing against the pawl m, will hold it back, and thus prevent its engagement with the spur-wheel S, and the position of the oft'set n, as determined by the position of the cam U, upon which the governingrod rests, determines the point at which the reciprocating bar S and its pawl are permitted to engage the wheel S and produce a movement thereof,an`d consequently of the adding-wheel l, geared thereto. The form and position of the cam E with reference to the gear-wheel E, and the adjustment of said wheel with reference to the type-wheel F, and of the reciprocating bar S, rod U, and offsetn with reference to the spurwheel l" and the adding-wheel lt, actuated thereby, is so made and regulated as that when the typewheel is set at t) the rod U is allowed by the cam F. to drop so far as to keep back altogether the pawl in,.,and thus prevent wholly a movement oi' the wheel S and adding-wheely lt; but when the type-wheel is set at S) the cam will so elevate the rod U as to allow the pawl m to engage the wheel S during so unich ofthe movement of the bar S as will cause said wheel to rotate far enough to cause a full rotation of the adding-wheel, compassing 9 out of the l() divisions thereof. lt' the type beset at any intermediate number, the corresponding posit-ion of the cam E will produce such a corresponding adjustment of the governing-rod U as to allow the pawl to actuate the spur-wheel S to that extent only which is required to cause the adding-wheel to turn forward the number of divisions corresponding to the number set in position for printfy he type-wheel. Fach separate indicating-wheel in the adding mechanism corresponding to a separate type-wheel is thus geared to a separate spur-wheel and actuated by a separate reciprocating bar governed by a cani upon the toothed segment by which the particular type-wheel is set. The complete revolution of each adding-wheel R is made to move the wheel R, next to it, which indicates the next-higher denomination, one-tenth of a revolution, by means of the novel gearing illustrated in detail in Figs. (3 and 7 of the drawings. In addition to the teeth S", secured to or formed upon one side of each adding-wheel lt lt', &c., to gear mediately with the spur-wheel S2, driven niediately by the main wheel i", as shown in Fig. 5, cogs i fi, ten in number, are formed or fitted upon the opposite side ot' the same wheel, to form a second toothed wheel integral with the adding-wheel, to be engaged by a single special tooth,i, which projects from the spur-wheel Si, dividing the adjacent adding-wheel of next lower denomination, so as to revolve therewith upon a common axis. This special tooth i is so formed as that the length of its radius to its pitchline or point of contact with the cogs IL" i is greater than that of the radius to the pitchline ot' the eogs. i 'i' which it engages. Owing to this greater length of the radius of the special tooth t', as compared with the radins ofthe cogs t" ot' the wheel V engaged thereby, a one-tenth revolution of said tooth fi will exceed or cover a greater interval than aonetenth revolution of said eogs. The tooth i will consequently, in making a one-tenth revolution iu contact with one ofthe cogs t, move it forward through a one-tenth revolution ot' its wheel V, and then pass forward beyond it far enough to be entirely clear thereof, so that the succeeding cogs i z" may pass free without interference therewith. The addingwheel with which the wheel V is connected, or upon which it is formed, will thus be free to rotate independently of the adding-wheel R, engaged by the cog-wheel Si, with which said single tooth fi is connected, or upon which it is formed, although the :ulding-wheel lt will nevertheless be invariably thrown forward by said tooth one-tenth ol' a revolution at each complete revolution of said adding-wheel R. y this arrangement any number of addingwheels may be placed side by side to rotate independently upon a common axis, and any one in the series be actuated as a units-wheel and operated systematically to move all those upon the one side indicating the higher denominations withont in any way disturbing those upon the other side indicating the units ot' lower denominations. One slotted sliding plate, T', is adapted to actuate two ot' the reciprocating bars S, so that said bars shall be actuated thereby in succession to actnatc first the left-hand adding-wheel and then that on its right hand, and in a machine with four type-wheels, as illustrated in the drawings, two such slotted Ysliding plates are employed, the slots being so formed and adjusted that the downward movement ofthe printing-lever TIO L will actn'ate two of the reciprocating bars and set two of the adding-wheels, and its return upward movement will in like manner set the other two wheels.

The adding-wheels are covered by a plate, X, Fig. 2, havinga longitudinal opening therein adapted to extend transversely over the wheels and exhibit in aright line the ei'ective numeral on each. Although the bar moves with a full stroke at each movement of the printing-lever, only so much of said stroke becomes eifective in producing a movement of the adding-wheel as is proportional to the denomination of the unit on the printing-Wheel which it is required to add to the units already counted.

We claim as our inventionl. The combination, with the type-wheel in a check-machine and a pivoted lever actuating the same, of a vertical indicating-rod carrying numerals corresponding to those of thev type-wheel and covered by a plate or casing slotted to permit the display yof one of said numerals at a time, and an intermediate mechanism, substantially as described, for communicating the movement of the lever to said rod, so that the number displayed thereon shall correspond with the number on the typewheel brought into position for printing a check, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination, in a check -printing machine, with a series of independent typewheels arranged each to produce an impression in the same line of print with the others, and actuated each by a separate indicatinglever, and with a platen actuated by a 'printing-lever to move against the type to obtain an imprint therefrom, of a series of addingwheels corresponding in number with the typewheels, each moving independently of that preceding` it in order, and mechanism, substantially' as described, whereby the adjust-- ment of either printing-wheel to print a cardinal number will throw the adding-wheel appropriate to said type-wheel into gear with the. printing-lever, to be actuated byits movement in obtaining an imprint of the number on the type-wheel, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

I 3. The combination, in a check printing and adding machine, constructed substantially as herein described,with its type-wheel and with the reciprocating bar S, actuated mediately by the printing lever L in its ,movement to produce an impression from the type-wheel upon the check, the -pawl m upon said bar, the spur-wheel S', engaged by said pawl, and the adding-Wheel actuated mediately by said spurwheel, of a toothed segment, E, geared to the type-wheel, a cam, E', upon-said'segment, a reciprocating governing-rod, U, placed parallel with the reciprocating bar S, to'rest upon and be adj usted by the position of the cam E', and an offset, n, on said rod adapted to engage the pawl on the bar, all substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

4'. The combination, with the type-wheel in a check-printing machine, and with an adding-wheel for registering the sum of the de- Y nominations of the several checks printed from -the pawl to control the latter, whereby the engagement of the pawl with the adding-wheel is'governed by the position of the type-wheel and cam, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM KOCH. CHAS. KRUSE.

Witnesses:

' P. ELBERT NosTRAND,

G. H. SPENCER. 

